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y JAR PASTBNING. Q K No. 321,575. Patented July 7, 1885.

wITNB-ssss: MMDB UN Tra STaTns v nTenT @Trina PHILIP BRIODY, OF SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN W. FLINN, OF SAMEPLACE.

JAR-FASTENING.

CECEFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,57 5, dated July 7,1885.

Application filed April 24, 1884.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP BRIODY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteningsfor Fruit- .Iar Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description ot the nature of the saine and of themanner in which I proceed to produce, construct, and use it, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to devices for screwing the caps or covers uponfruit-jars; and it consists in a certain novel construction andcombination of parts, hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaim.

Figure l ofthe said drawings shows the couiplete fastening as it isapplied to a jar. Fig. 2 is a top view of the cap and clips; Fig. 3, aperspective view of the cap, and Fig. l details of the clips.

Upon the top of the cap A, at the rim or margin, are two inclines, a a,of equal length and height, each one extending about halfway round thetop, and of suitable thickness to furnish a half-round edge. Theseiuclines are niolded or formed integral with the body of the cap, andspring from the top surface with a regular elevation.

The clips B are formed of strips of dat metal, bent over at one end toform ahook, Z), and at the other end turned over to produce aloop oreye, t. rlwo of these clips are slipped upon a wire, D, which is passedaround the neck of the jar, and then held by twisting the ends togetherto forni the wire into a ring or braid. The clips thus remain attachedto the jar and are always in place ready for use.

(No modem The loops through which the eouiining-wire passes are largeenough to give a loose hinge or connectionofl the clips to the wire, sothat they are turned easily into an upright position to engage theinclines or drop down against the jar when the cover is unfastened.

In the operation of this improved fastening the usual gasket is placedbeneath the cover, and the two clips being set diainetrically oppositeto each other, the hooked ends are brought over the projecting inclineson the cover-top at the lowest point of the incline. Then by sliding theclips around upon the confining-hoop, while keeping them in uprightposition, the cover is drawn down against its seat 0n the jar with apressure that increases as the hooked ends ascend the inclines.

To assist in turning the clips, they may have small ribs e on the back,as seen in the two views on the left of Fig. 4. The top one of saidviews has a single rib, e, which is also shown in Fig. 2, while thelower one has two ribs, e c, as shown, and the right-hand view of saidgure is without rib.

Having thus fully described niy invention, what I claini, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a jar-cover having inclines on the top and aroundthe margin thereof, the clips B B, having hooks at one end, and attachedat the other end to the jar by a connection of such character that theclips are free to slide laterally as well as to turn up and down,substantially as described.

PHILll? BRIODY.

llfitnesses:

EDWARD E. Osinonn, JoHN W. FLINN.

